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☆ Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen expects to testify 'very soon' to grand jury
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"I look forward to speaking and to being presented before the grand jury," Cohen told NBC News and other reporters. A former top advisor to Trump, Kellyanne Conway, met with the DA's office on Wednesday, The New York Times reported. Michael Cohen , the former personal lawyer to Donald Trump , said Friday that he believes he will "very soon" be called to testify before a New York grand jury collecting evidence in a criminal probe of the former president. In Daniels' case, Cohen paid her $130,000, but in McDougal's case, the then-parent company of the supermarket tabloid The National Enquirer paid her $150,000. In addition to the Manhattan DA's probe, Trump faces three other criminal investigations.

☆ What Trump allies have faced criminal charges?
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Here is a look at some of the Trump aides and allies who have faced criminal prosecution. Weisselberg pleaded guilty in 2022 and served as a star witness in the Trump Organization's criminal trial on tax fraud charges. Two other close Trump associates, Mark Meadows and Daniel Scavino, did not face similar criminal charges despite a House vote recommending them. Trump pardoned Broidy. Roughly 570 have pleaded guilty and 78 have been found guilty at trial.

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☆ Hollywood actress Raquel Welch dead at age 82
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LOS ANGELES, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Actress Raquel Welch, who helped redefine the traditional image of the Hollywood sex symbol with her portrayals of strong women in dozens of movies in the 1960s and '70s, died on Wednesday at age 82. Her death following a brief illness was confirmed in a statement released by Jane McKnight, her Los Angeles-based manager. She won a Golden Globe Award for best actress in a musical or comedy for her performance in the 1973 swashbuckling romp "The Three Musketeers." [1/3] Actress Raquel Welch poses at the 2014 Carousel of Hope Ball at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California October 11, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo 1 2 3Her portrayal of strong, willful women was credited with reshaping stereotypes.

☆ National Enquirer has finally been sold after seeking a buyer for years
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —National Enquirer, the 97-year-old controversial tabloid behind several bombshell celebrity and political scandals, sold itself to a brand acquisition company. American Media Inc. has offloaded the publication to VVIP Ventures, a joint venture between Vinco Ventures, Inc and a360 Media, for an undisclosed price, the companies announced Monday. National Examiner and Globe, as well as the UK edition of Enquirer, are also part of the sale. Bezos wrote a Medium post that included what he said were emails from AMI detailing what he described as blackmail. AMI also owns Us Weekly, OK, Star, In Touch, Men’s Journal, and Muscle & Fitness, but those magazines are not part of the deal with VVIP Ventures.

NEW YORK, Jan 30 (Reuters) - A grand jury is hearing evidence in New York over former President Donald Trump's role in hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. A grand jury could lay the groundwork for possible criminal charges against the former president by the Manhattan district attorney's office. Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified before the grand jury, one source told Reuters. Pecker was seen entering the lower Manhattan building where the grand jury is empaneled, according to the New York Times, which first reported on the grand jury on Monday. The moves are an indication that the district attorney, Alvin Bragg, is closer to a decision on whether to charge Trump.

☆ Trump risks 'hush money' charges carrying up to 4 years in prison, say ex-Manhattan prosecutors
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Trump's Stormy Daniels "hush money" is the subject of a Manhattan grand jury, The NY Times reports. Ex-Manhattan financial crimes prosecutors say Trump risks felony-level state records-fraud charges. The first requirement to proving the highest level of falsifying business records would be showing that records were indeed falsified in the business records of an enterprise. Cohen has admitted being the bag man who delivered $130,000 in "hush money" on the brink of the 2016 election. Each check could be a separate "falsifying business records" charge, Moscow said.

Jan 30 (Reuters) - The case involving former President Donald Trump's role in hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign will go before a grand jury on Monday, the New York Times reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The Manhattan district attorney's office will start presenting its evidence in the case, the newspaper reported, which would lay out the groundwork for any criminal charges against Trump. A witness in the case, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, was seen entering the lower Manhattan building where the grand jury is empaneled, the Times reported. The publisher had offered to help Trump by buying rights to unflattering stories and never publishing them. The moves are an indication that the district attorney, Alvin Bragg, is closer to a decision on whether to charge Trump.

For more than 40 years, Stephanie Seymour has relished being in front of a camera. She’s one of the inaugural ’90s-era supers, one of the rare models who appeared on both haute couture runways and Playboy covers, blazing a trail for others. “The original baby woman” is how fellow supermodel Naomi Campbell refers to Seymour, describing her ability to be both naive and sensual, an all-American pinup and a high-fashion muse. Having worked with the biggest names in photography, including Richard Avedon, Herb Ritts and Peter Lindbergh, Seymour has built her career by happily submitting to the gods of the photo shoot. Until this one.

☆ Pamela Anderson says Playboy's Hugh Hefner is the only person who ever treated her with respect
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Pamela Anderson says the only person to ever treat her with respect is the late Hugh Hefner. Hefner, Playboys founder, invited Anderson to model at the Playboy mansion when she was 22. Hugh Hefner and Pamela Anderson during in Bel Air, California, in 2003. During an appearance on "The View" in 2019, she called Hefner a "civil rights activist." He really was a wonderful person," Anderson added.

☆ Diaries, ex-husbands, and mowing the lawn in high-heel boots: Inside the making of Netflix's Pamela Anderson documentary, 'Pamela, a Love Story'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Pamela Anderson. The legal pads and crates of diaries found near the VHS tapes would become the foundation for White's Pamela Anderson documentary. Pamela Anderson in "Pamela, a Love Story." Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee. "The Pamela Anderson I know is very different from the Pamela Anderson in the show," White said.

Pamela Anderson said “Home Improvement” star Tim Allen once flashed her on the set of that long-time hit television show, in an explosive allegation he vehemently denied. Tim Allen and Pamela Anderson on the set of "Home Improvement" in 1992. “This true story is just one of many surreal and uncomfortable situations I learned to navigate,” said the statement from Anderson. In the "Home Improvement" show-within-a-show "Tool Time," the up-and-coming actor Anderson played Allen's on-screen assistant, Lisa. Anderson joined the popular lifeguard drama in Season 3 and went on to become that hit worldwide show's most well-known talent.

☆ Rep. Jimmy Gomez takes his baby to the Capitol during House speaker votes: ‘We have to normalize Dads'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Danielle Campoamor | Danielle Campoamor Has Been Published In Teen Vogue | Harper'S Bazaar | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., knew things could go awry during the House speaker vote on Tuesday. It was new for Gomez’s family members, who had plans to watch Gomez be sworn in for a fourth term and then tour the nation’s capital. “But that took another 30 minutes.”Gomez had planned on being on the House floor at 11:30 in the morning. “In the end, we have to normalize dads taking their kids with them, be it stay-at-home dads or working dads,” Gomez says. I mean, babywearing is cool now!”On Wednesday, Gomez and his family, along with Hodge, returned to the House floor as Republican members tried again to elect a speaker.

☆ Pioneering U.S. television journalist Barbara Walters dead at 93
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Bill Trott | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/2] Television personality Barbara Walters arrives for the premiere of the film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" in New York September 20, 2010. "I asked Yeltsin if he drank too much, and I asked Putin if he killed anybody," Walters told the New York Times in 2013. "These two men were really quite brutal to me and it was not pleasant," Walters told the San Francisco Examiner. The New York Times called her "arguably America's best-known television personality" but also observed that "what we remember most about a Barbara Walters interview is Barbara Walters." Walters' three marriages - to businessman Robert Katz, theatrical producer Lee Guber and television executive Merv Adelson - ended in divorce.

☆ Warren Buffett's daughter-in-law was stumped by what to get the investor for Christmas - so she shared her company's finances with him
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Warren Buffett's daughter-in-law showed the investor her company's finances as a Christmas gift. "I put together our music company's balance sheet to show him that we were making money," she said. "I didn't know what to get him, so I put together our music company's balance sheet to show him that we were making money," she said. Unlike most people who walk Warren Buffett through their assets and liabilities, Mary Buffett wasn't seeking an investment. Since divorcing Peter Buffett, Mary Buffett has worked as a consultant and speaker, founded an online school, and taught business and finance to university students.

☆ Billionaire Robert F. Smith's awkward James Bond-themed birthday bash featured strict security and port-a-potties — despite being held at his multimillion dollar mansion with 15 bathrooms
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

For his 60th birthday, billionaire Robert F. Smith's wife threw him a James Bond-themed party. Partygoers weren't pleased with the "massive security" and port-a-potties outside, according to the New York Post. "They frisked you when you came out of the bathroom," one guest told New York Post, suggesting it was in an effort to search for hidden cameras and other surveillance technology. Despite the home boasting 15 bathrooms, guests say they were asked to use port-a-potties placed outside during the five-hour long party. It wasn't a great party," the guest told the New York Post.

☆ Herschel Walker had ties to two charities that appear to have engaged in little, if any charity
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

He was also featured in marketing material for the Livio Cares Foundation and was listed as a Livio Cares Partner. However, there is no evidence Livio Cares engaged in philanthropic activities. According to ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer, Walker was listed as the director of VMP Nutrition Foundation in Fort Worth, Texas. According to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts website, the right to transact business in Texas for VMP Nutrition as well as VMP Nutrition Foundation is listed as "forfeited." In 2017, VMP Nutrition and its founder Rodriguez settled a lawsuit filed by Southside Bank for an alleged failure to repay a $2,795,534 lien.

☆ 'Welcome to Chippendales' review: Kumail Nanjiani stars in a Hulu limited series that looks a little under-dressed for success
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Hulu has carved out an impressive niche of salacious fact-based limited series, including several with a true-crime hook. “Welcome to Chippendales” checks off those boxes, but in a less-appealing package that’s surprisingly lifeless, and even with its trashy selling points looks under-dressed for success. The story begins with Indian immigrant Somen “Steve” Banerjee (Kumail Nanjiani) who is introduced as a gas-station/quickie-mart attendant before he gambles his savings by opening a high-end backgammon club. Ultimately, though, “Chippendales” is defined by its trashier aspects, while its assortment of supporting players and their soap-opera problems too often feel as if they’re just killing time. “Welcome to Chippendales” premieres November 22 on Hulu.

☆ Shaving my beard feels different on Election Day 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Baynard Woods | Baynard Woods Is The Author Of | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

It was only the second time I’d used a blade to scrape away my beard in the last two decades. Now, as many on the political right turn the gender binary and our physical expressions of it into a political platform, face-shaving hits differently. And my parents talked about it in terms of “grooming,” to echo another word increasingly deployed by right-wing gender essentialists. Of course, logical consistency isn’t driving these attacks against trans, queer and nonbinary people — the point is to stoke hatred. By using a fear and hatred of queer, trans and nonbinary people as weapons, many of today’s Republicans are attempting to subject their children and grandchildren are as bullied, insecure and unhappy as they were.

☆ 'Buying Beverly Hills' star Mauricio Umansky says you don't need a great resume to work at his real estate brokerage
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

'Buying Beverly Hills' star Mauricio Umansky is CEO of America's most successful real estate broker. But he's also CEO of America's biggest real estate brokerage, selling properties including the Playboy mansion and the Walt Disney estate. "I mean, a lot of employees don't even need to be in real estate." "I'm looking for people that believe real estate should be collaborative and not cut-throat, people that are excited about making the industry better," Umansky says. "There's not a lot of difference between selling a $100 million house and selling a $5 million house.

☆ David Einhorn says he's bearish because the Fed's 'official policy is to make the stock market go down'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn, who is crushing the market with double-digit returns this year, is selling stocks as the Federal Reserve continues to deflate the market with aggressive rate hikes. However, higher interest rates also discourage investments and in turn crunch supply, which is most evident in the housing market. "The most glaring area might be in housing, where higher rates lead to reduced supply despite widespread shortage," Einhorn said. That compares with a 23.9% decline for the S & P 500 during the same period as the benchmark tumbled into a bear market. Further, high short-term interest rates provide competition for gold," Einhorn said.

☆ I made $200,000 last year ghostwriting tweets for superstar VCs. It takes me 5 hours a week. Here's how I found my clients and built a booming side hustle from scratch.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Ghostwriting tweets for venture capitalists is my side hustle. So I have a special CRM I use just for ghostwriting work, as well as a dedicated laptop, a dedicated phone, and a separate email address. VCs would deploy $10 million or $15 million a year into companies trying to raise $1 million or $2 million. My life as a ghostAs a ghostwriter, I never log in to a client's Twitter account. It's important to me that I do all of the ghostwriting work myself, as a side hustle.

☆ 2 new accusers say 'Durte Dom,' a former member of David Dobrik's Vlog Squad, preyed on them as fans
▼ + stars: | 2021-11-03 | by ( Kat Tenbarge | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

In a somber video, Zeglaitis shared his account of the evening and friendly text messages between him and Hannah. Another woman told Insider that she went to Zeglaitis' apartment in 2017 to film a clip for Dobrik's vlog. The two were fully clothed at the time, she said, standing just outside Zeglaitis' apartment in the hallway. They also said they were lured to Zeglaitis' apartment, which featured prominently in Dobrik's vlogs, by his social-media fame. I was just going along with what was happening," Jennifer told Insider.

☆ Goop's executive exodus — Patagonia's CEO gets candid — LA's prestigious preschools
▼ + stars: | 2021-10-01 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Another week has come and gone, and you know what that means — it's time for your weekly dose of Insider Life. This week, we're bringing you an inside look at the executive exodus at Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop, sharing an exclusive interview with Patagonia's CEO, and telling you how to get your kid into one of LA's most prestigious preschools. Oh, before we get started, be sure to check out the Insider Crossword — we're publishing new puzzles every morning through October 8. Tadini took us along for a day on the job, starting with a 6 a.m. espresso and cigarette. PatagoniaRyan Gellert, Patagonia's new CEO, is struggling with a paradox: the company's good works, philanthropy, and intentions are still not enough to justify its existence.

☆ A fost furat cel mai mare iepure din lume. Ce recompensă oferă proprietara, un fost model Playboy
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-13 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Poliţia britanică a lansat un apel adresat martorilor în urma furtului, în Anglia, a deţinătorului recordului pentru ”cel mai mare iepure din lume”, înscris în Guinness World Records, pentru recuperarea căruia proprietara oferă o recompensă, relatează marţi AFP, citat de agerpres.ro. Potrivit forţelor de ordine, Darius, un iepure continental de 1,29 metri lungime, a fost furat în noaptea de sâmbătă spre duminică din incinta sa din grădina proprietarilor, situată în Stoulton, Worcestershire. ”Fiecare animal este un individ care nu poate fi înlocuit”, a declarat pentru Daily Telegraph Annette Edwards, în vârstă de 68 de ani, fost model Playboy. Potrivit proprietarei, din cauza vârstei înaintate, Darius are o dietă specială în lipsa căreia riscă să moară. Darius a fost declarat ”cel mai mare iepure în viaţă” în 2010, potrivit site-ului Guinness World Records.

Persons: Darius, Annette Edwards, Daily Telegraph Annette Edwards Organizations: Guinness World Records, Daily Telegraph, Playboy Locations: Anglia, Stoulton, Worcestershire

☆ Uimitor! Un nigerian a venit la nunta unui prieten cu ȘASE iubite, toate gravide
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-27 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Un playboy nigerian a făcut senzație la o nuntă după ce a venit la braț cu șase tinere gravide. Iar, ca surpriza să fie completă, bărbatul - un cunoscut patron de club de noapte - a ținut să precizeze că este tatăl tuturor copiilor, scrie observatornews.ro. Mike Eze-Nwalie Nwogu, cunoscut sub numele de Pretty Mike, și-a făcut intrarea în stil mare la nunta celui mai bun prieten. "PM și cele șase mămici... nu e un truc, ne trăim viața", a scris pe Instagram bărbatul, care se descrie drept antreprenor, comediant, director de marketing, specialist în viața de noapte, ambasador al tineretului, filantrop și activist. Mai mult, Nwogu le-a alintat pe cele șase, pe rând, cu săruturi și mângâieri, dovadă a prețuirii.

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